Originally posted by Jimmy1880
Here is quite a good read:
books.guardian.co.uk...
It's interesting, but I'm unsure as to how truthful it is.
Firstly, it's for a book. Putting something like that in will obviously gain it a lot of publicity and thus potentially more sales.
Secondly, Thatcher and Mitterand didn't really get along. They were politically different - Thatcher was a Conservative, Mitterand was a Socialist.
And we know how Mrs. Thatcher felt towards Europe
Also, I think Mrs. Thatcher knew that she couldn't have got away with nuking Argentina even though they'd invaded the Falklands. That would be
absolute overkill and would have led to the UK being condemned by pretty much everyone. The nuclear option was absolutely out, and if I can see that
then I'm sure the Prime Minister, her war cabinet and their advisers can. It's probably just the author of the book trying to make Thatcher and
Britain look bad, so I'd take that claim with more than a grain of salt.
To address SnakeSkywalker's points, I think you're right. Bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Argentina are on the mend and - whilst
the Falklands issue hasn't been resolved - it would be a shame to see them fall back. More progress can be made, and I'm sure that's what both
governments want. It's quite sad how a dictator managed to poison Argentine opinion against Britain considering the very good relations the UK and
Argentina enjoyed beforehand despite the status of the islands.
[edit on 14/2/07 by Ste2652]
